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Article #3248Re: vi vs. emacs
From: Blair P. Houghton
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 1988 02:43
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 1988 02:43
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In article <2679@mipos3.intel.com> nate@mipos3.intel.com (Nate Hess) writes: >In article <661@buengc.BU.EDU> bph@buengc.bu.edu (Blair P. Houghton) writes: >>I once went into the info mode of Emacs, saw the menu of commands [...] > >Did you try going into the on-line tutorial? (C-h t) > Yeah, it was a worse abomination. Someone had left the write-protect off the original version, and I couldn't even read half the instructions. Plus, if I'm looking for something to quickly alleviate a lapse of function, I don't want to have to go on a major hunt through the tutorial. --Blair "No help is better than Emacs 'help.'"
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!husc6!bu-cs!buengc!bph From: bph@buengc.BU.EDU (Blair P. Houghton) Newsgroups: comp.editors Subject: Re: vi vs. emacs Message-ID: <700@buengc.BU.EDU> Date: 4 Aug 88 02:43:20 GMT References: <16697@brl-adm.ARPA> <517@uva.UUCP> <661@buengc.BU.EDU> <2679@mipos3.intel.com> Reply-To: bph@buengc.bu.edu (Blair P. Houghton) Followup-To: comp.editors Organization: Boston Univ. Col. of Eng. Lines: 16